Some troops in Russia’s military districts adjacent to Ukraine are returning to their bases after completing drills, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday, a move that could de-escalate frictions between Moscow and the West.
A ministry spokesperson said in a video published online that while large-scale drills across the country continued, some units of the southern and western military districts have completed their exercises and started returning to base.
Video footage published by the Defence Ministry showed some tanks and other armoured vehicles being loaded onto railway flatcars.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Kyiv would “believe in de-escalation” only after it sees
